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  studied 
  as 
  a 
  whole, 
  and 
  lie 
  proceeded 
  by 
  example 
  to 
  convey 
  

   the 
  idea 
  of 
  how 
  this 
  should 
  be 
  done. 
  

  

  Such 
  was 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  work 
  in 
  which 
  his 
  dear 
  

   and 
  intimate 
  friend 
  Osbert 
  Salvin, 
  another 
  distinguished 
  and 
  

   popular 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society, 
  was 
  so 
  long 
  

   associated 
  with 
  him. 
  

  

  The 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  fifty-eight 
  large 
  quarto 
  volumes 
  of 
  

   the 
  " 
  Biologia 
  Centrali-Americana," 
  for 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Godman 
  

   bore 
  the 
  whole 
  expense, 
  including 
  the 
  employment 
  of 
  the 
  

   necessary 
  staff 
  of 
  collectors, 
  occupied 
  some 
  thirty-five 
  years, 
  

   and 
  was 
  completed 
  in 
  1915. 
  Botan)^ 
  and 
  archaeology 
  formed 
  

   important 
  parts 
  of 
  this 
  great 
  enterprise, 
  the 
  predominant 
  

   features 
  being 
  zoology 
  and 
  entomology. 
  Moreover, 
  the 
  type- 
  

   specimens 
  and 
  series 
  of 
  many 
  thousands 
  of 
  new 
  species 
  

   described 
  and 
  illustrated 
  in 
  its 
  pages 
  have 
  been 
  generously 
  

   presented 
  to 
  the 
  National 
  Museum. 
  His 
  contributions 
  in 
  

   Lepidoptera 
  alone 
  amounted 
  to 
  107,000 
  — 
  without 
  counting 
  

   sundry 
  entire 
  collections 
  separately 
  purchased. 
  How 
  impor- 
  

   tant 
  the 
  aid 
  thus 
  given 
  to 
  any 
  author 
  competent 
  to 
  correlate 
  

   the 
  information 
  derivable 
  from 
  this 
  mass 
  of 
  valuable 
  material, 
  

   and 
  to 
  draw 
  from 
  it 
  sound 
  scientific 
  conclusions, 
  could 
  have 
  

   been 
  best 
  estimated 
  by 
  Darwin 
  or 
  Hooker 
  themselves 
  had 
  

   they 
  been 
  still 
  with 
  us. 
  

  

  Great 
  as 
  must 
  be 
  our 
  appreciation 
  of 
  the 
  magnificent 
  

   services 
  rendered 
  by 
  our 
  former 
  President 
  to 
  the 
  aims 
  of 
  the 
  

   Entomological 
  Society, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  by 
  any 
  means 
  on 
  this 
  account 
  

   only 
  that 
  we 
  shall 
  miss 
  his 
  kindly 
  presence 
  among 
  us. 
  He 
  was 
  

   a 
  very 
  constant 
  attendant 
  at 
  our 
  meetings, 
  and 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  

   knew 
  him 
  intimately 
  his 
  loss 
  is 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  a 
  really 
  valued 
  

   friend. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  peculiar 
  charm 
  of 
  personality 
  which 
  

   pervaded 
  his 
  whole 
  nature; 
  a 
  generous 
  sympathy 
  with 
  all 
  

   those 
  whose 
  tastes, 
  pursuits, 
  or 
  studies 
  were 
  kindred 
  to 
  his 
  

   own 
  ; 
  a 
  genuine 
  desire 
  to 
  help, 
  encourage 
  and 
  enlighten 
  their 
  

   efforts, 
  and 
  to 
  contribute 
  to 
  the 
  objects 
  for 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  

   striving. 
  

  

  The 
  serious 
  and 
  practical 
  side 
  of 
  zoological 
  study 
  was 
  ever 
  

   kept 
  in 
  view, 
  but 
  without 
  impairing 
  the 
  genial 
  warmth 
  of 
  an 
  

   earnest 
  good-will 
  accorded 
  to 
  the 
  humblest 
  workers 
  in 
  the 
  

   field 
  he 
  was 
  so 
  keen 
  to 
  cultivate. 
  As 
  a 
  Trustee 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  

  

  